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Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at AMD for less than 1 year
February 24, 2009
Toronto, Ontario
4.0
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Pros
  • Work/life balance
  • Competitive compensation
  • Relaxed work environment
  • Benefits
  • Intelligent and friendly coworkers
  • Funded team events
  • Good software development processes
  • Great technology products (hardware/software)
Cons
  • Needs better resource management processes (e.g., enforced time tracking) to make better business decisions.
  • Many poor decisions made by senior management, without consequences.
  • Marketing/sales teams need to perform better (quality products are there).
Advice to Management
  • Better capital management (e.g., overpaid for ATI).
  • Worry about lasting through the recession and not expanding/competing against Intel.

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